The United Nations as world peacekeeper has met that fate, even though statesmen will pretend otherwise.

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Everyone in this room, including people who pretend otherwise, were aware of testimony.

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They all tilt the playing field and to pretend otherwise is silly.

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Physically fearless and noble without limit, he has only one flaw: He knows that he is a great man, and refuses to pretend otherwise.

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To pretend otherwise is to show FORBES is NOT a friend to small businesses but is just another magazine trembling at the feet of our largest banks.

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It would be a mistake to pretend otherwise.

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It would take an ostrich to pretend otherwise.

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Vidal: Well, by a curious thing we have not found ourselves in a friendly neighborhood bar, but both, by election, are sitting here with an audience, so therefore it would be dishonest of us to pretend otherwise (applause).

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MDGs should not pretend otherwise.

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